Guidelines

Metallo-β-Lactamases: Importance and Detection Methods in Gram-Negative Non-Fermenting Bacteria

More frequently metallo-beta-lactamase (MβL) production becomes a reason of resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics among non-fermentative Gram-negative bacteria, foremost among Pseudomonas spp. and Acinetobacter spp. pathogens. It is evident that …

Guidelines for Antimicrobial Therapy in Outpatient Pediatric Care

Streptococcus pyogenes: Characteristics of the Pathogen, Isolation, Identification and Susceptibility Testing

Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus) is one of the most important bacterial pathogen in human. In light of recent reports suggesting global changes in the epidemiology of streptococcal infections, and given the increase in severe clinical …

Review of the IDSA Practice Guidelines for the Management of Bacterial Meningitis

In this paper currently available data on the management, diagnosis and treatment of bacterial meningitis were discussed in accordance with the principles evidencebased medicine. The guideline represents data published through May 2004 in this …

Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Adult Patients: Diagnosis, Antimicrobial Therapy and Prophylaxis (According to the Guidelines of European Respiratory Society and European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases)

According to the Guidelines of European Respiratory Society and European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.

Clinical guidelines that comply with the principles of evidence-based medicine are one of the most trustworthy sources …

Diagnosis, Management and Treatment of Hepatitis C

According to the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases’ (AASLD) Practice Guidelines

Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults: Guidelines on Diagnosis, Treatment and Prophylaxis

These guidelines are a result of consensus expert opinion based on peer review of the literature published over the last 10 years. References include a number of international guidelines for the management of adults in community-acquired pneumonia …

Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines for Management of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock

Reproduced with permission from the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the European Society of Intensive Care and Medicine and the International Sepsis Forum.

Nosocomial Pneumonia in Adults: Guidelines for the Diagnosis, Treatment and Prophylaxis

Guidelines for Susceptibility Testing of Microorganisms to Antibacterial Agents